diff --git a/str/str_len.c b/str/str_len.c
index cf1541a..c1f1638 100644
--- a/str/str_len.c
+++ b/str/str_len.c
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #include "str.h"
 
-unsigned int str_len(const char *in) {
+#ifdef __dietlibc__
+unsigned int str_len(const char* in) __attribute__((alias("strlen")));
+#else
+unsigned int str_len(const char* in) {
   register const char* t=in;
   for (;;) {
     if (!*t) break; ++t;
@@ -10,3 +13,4 @@ unsigned int str_len(const char *in) {
   }
   return t-in;
 }
+#endif